Tag: Hat Yai
Cargo train derails in Nakhon Si Thammarat
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, May 5 -- A cargo train derailed in Nakhon Si Thammarat while heading from Bangkok to Songkhla's Hat Yai, paralysing...
“Hat Yai 5 Surprises in 5 Weeks” Invites Tourists to Enjoy...
Bangkok, April 24, 2012 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has joined together with the public and private sectors in Songkhla to...
TAT’s Songkran Splendors Festival a Great Success, With International Arrivals to...
Bangkok, April 23, 2012 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced that its 2012 Songkran Splendours festival was a great success....
TCT: 5-10% increase in local and foreign tourists during Songkran
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 – The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has predicted that up to 25 billion-baht will come into circulation during...
The 2012 “Songkran Splendours Festival” Offers Visitors to Thailand a Great...
Bangkok, Thailand – April 10, 2012 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) invites visitors from all over the world to enjoy the “Songkran...
PM going to Songkhla to visit weekend bombing victims
BANGKOK, April 2 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will travel today to the southern province of Songkha to visit the victims of the...
Tarutao Islands: Tranquil Marine Idyll
Tarutao Marine National Park is the largest marine preserve in both Thailand and Southeast Asia. Founded as Thailand’s second marine national park in 1972,...
Ethnic Chinese Thais pay homage at shrines nationwide
BANGKOK, Jan 22- Many Thais of Chinese descent flocked to temples and shrines in Bangkok's Chinatown and other provinces to pray for good luck...
Hat Yai hotels fully booked for Chinese New Year
SONGKHLA, Jan 18 -- Hotel rooms in Thailand’s southern tourist haven of Hat Yai are now fully booked mostly by tourists from Malaysia and...
Canalside homes flooded in Songkhla
SONGKHLA, Jan 13 – Up to a hundred households along a canal in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district have been inundated by a second round...
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Pattaya sees rise in independent Chinese tourists amid decline in group tours
PATTAYA, Thailand - Mayor Poramet Ngampichet announced a significant increase in independent Chinese tourists visiting Pattaya during the recent Chinese National Holiday. However, the...
Drunk driver causes multi-vehicle carnage on Pattaya-Naklua Road
PATTAYA, Thailand - A drunk driver caused a major accident after her black Ford Ranger lost control, crashing into multiple vehicles before coming to...
Alleged Indian groper punched in the face on Pattaya beach
PATTAYA, Thailand - On October 9, an Indian tourist was punched in the face for allegedly groping another man’s wife on Pattaya Beach, opposite...
Brilliant Pianistic Talent at Ben’s Theater
There is something inspiring about seeing and hearing outstanding musical talent in young people. And I don’t simply mean musical technique: the challenging skill...
Classical Connections: Train Talk
If you are over A Certain Age, you might recall that short but rather self-righteous poem by Frances Cornford entitled, rather insensitively, To a...